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Jan. 15, 1929. 1,699,179

B. T. BOUMA DRAPE, SHADE, AND CURTAIN FIXTURE Original Filed March a, 1925 /INVENTOR 5.7". Bot/MA BENJAMIN T. BQUMA, 0F LYNNVILLE, IOWA.

DBLAPE, SHADE, AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Application filed. March 3, 1923, Serial No. 622,54 Renewed June 21, 1928.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for a l'z-zture adapted to be employed for supporting drapes, window shades and curtains c0njunctively.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved shade and curtain fix ture adapted to be supported on a window frame without the use of nails screws or the li re. v

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved shade and curtain fixture adapted to be used on window frames of varying width.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means for adjustably mounting shade brackets on and relative to a window frame.

\Vith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, ar rana'ement and combination of. elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out my claim and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which--- 7 Figure 1 is an inner elevation of the upper portion of a window frame with my improved fixture mounted the eon in position for practical use, portions being broken away to economize space. Figure 2 is a plan view of the fixture detached, partly in section to reveal interior construction. Figurestl and 1 are cross acctions, on an enlarged scale, on the respective lines 33 and Figure 2. Figure 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Figure 2, on an enlarged scale.

Figures 6 and 7 are edge and side views of a bracket adapted to be employed in a modified form of the device. Figure 8 is a plan view of one end portion of an arm adapted to be used with the bracket in such modified form, and Figure 9 is a cross-section on the line 9-4) of Fi 1n the construc ion of the device as shown in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive a pair-of curved arms are provided, which a re designated genera lly by the letters A and B, each arm being provided with a long member 10 and a short member 11 substantially at right angles thereto. The long members 10, 10 of the arms A, B are adapted to be arranged in alinement, spaced from and parallel with a top window casing member 12, and to be connected by a retracti e spring 13 hooked into apertured lugs 14 formed on their adjacent ends. A tube 15 is fitted and mounted to enclose the spring 13, lugs 14 and portions of the long arms 10, when the devices are mounted as shown. The short arms 11 arch fowardly from the window frame, and the long arms 10, together with the tube 15, are adapted to to carry drapes or the like, not shown. The short arms 11 extend rearwardly past the s de margins of the window frame 12 and are formed with integral downwardly extendinbrace members 16 which are in con tact with the edges of said frame and with the surface of the wall adjacent the frame. The brace members 16 are formed with inwardly projecting attenuated prongs 1'? adapted to enter the woodof the frame 12 7 and assist in supporting the device in place. The prongs may be seated in the frame by blows of a tool, and the action of the spring 13 tends to hold them in their seats and to support the device in place, the brace members engaging the outside margins of the sides ofthe window frame. The short arms 11 also are formed with bracket supports 18 extending inwardly in a plane substantiallyparallel with the long arms 10 and adapted to contact. the forward face of the window frame 12. Each bracket support 18 is formed with a longitudinal slot 19 and abracket 20 or 21 is mounted in contact with and adapted to be adjustably supported on each of said 3.; supports. The brackets 20, 21 areof rightangled form, one arm contacting the face of the support 18 and the other projecting forwardly therefrom toward the arms 10. A bolt 22, provided with a wing nut 23, i is provided forholding each bracket 20, 21 in place on its support, adjustably, the bolt extending through the bracket and the slot 19 of the support and preferably having its head countersunk in the rear face of the U support. The forwardly projecting arms of the brackets 20, 21 are formed near their free ends with apertures 24, in alinemenl' transversely of the window frame, to ceive and support a rod such as 25 adapted to carry lace or other curtains in front of the window. The bracket. 20 is also formed with a round hole 26 and the bracket 21 with a slot or notch 27, by means of which a shade roller not shown may be supported in a com- 111011 manner; and either or both of said brackets may be adjusted on the supports to suit the length of the shade to be employed. The rear arms of the brackets 20, 21 prefe a y a e of channel shape cross-section, no

being formed with side flanges 28 embracing the supports 18, to prevent twisting of the brackets on the supports.

In use the spring 13 is placed under tension in the operation of locating the arms A, B on opposite sides of the window frame, and tends to draw the bracket supports 18 and brace members 16 together and cause them to contact more intimately with the frame members, and such contact, as well as the contact of the braces with the wall, keeps the device in its proper place and prevents twisting and warping and relative displacement of the respective members. The device is assembled and located without the use of nails and screws and may be readily remowd and replacct. The use of the spring 13, telescoping tube and adjustable brackets 20, 21, permits the device to be used on window frames of different width, and for the support of shades and other devices varying in width.

. In Figures (3 to S) inclusive I show a modified form in which curved arms 11' and separate angular brackets or brace members 29 are employed. The arms 11' are rccurved at their rear ends and are formed with attenuated prongs 17 thereon adapted to enter the window frame members. The angular brackets 29, two of which are provided, are adapted to engage an outer edge of the window frame, and. each has a long straight side margin 30 adapted to contact with the wall adjacent the frame, and an extension 81 adapted to project inwardly of the room, and also a plane face 32 adapted to contact with an outer side margin of the jamb or casing of the frame. Each angular bracket or brace member 29 is formed with an angular hole 33, in this instance square. The recurved portion of the arm 11 is formed square in crosssection to it the aperture 83 and is adapted to pass therethrough to penetrate the frame and hold the brackets or braces in place. The extensions 31 are formed'with apertures 54 to receive and supporta curtain rod such as 25; and are also formed, on the one hand with a round opening 35 to receive one end of a shade roller and on the other hand with a. notch 36 for the opposite end thereof, so that the curtain rod and shade roller are supported by the extensions 31 of the brackets 29 at opposite sides of the window. In this construction the shade roller must be fitted, as to length, to the width of the window frame and the consequent spacing of the brackets.

I claim as my invention In a fixture of the class described, an arm baring mel'nbers at right angles to each other and in the same horizontal plane, one of said memliiers arching forwardly from a window frame and theother extending in a plane transversely of said frame member, the arched portion of said arm being formed at its rear end with a vertically extending brace member adapted to engage with its inner face the outer edge of theframe member and at its rear margin the face of an adjacent wall, the arched portion of said arm also being formed with a plane bracket support arranged at right angles thereto and behind the transversely extending member 7 and adapted to extend along the face of the frame member and being longitudinally slotted for adjustable connection of a shade bracket, the inner end of the transversely extending arm being yieldingly connected to a similar member mounted on the opposite side of the window frame.

Signed at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, this 7th day of September, 1922.

BENJAMIN T. BOUMA. 

